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[quote=Anonymous]Ultimately you can't decide everything in advance, some decisions depend entirely on the context. Thats why you assign decision making to someone you love and trust in your living will. I have children who aren't adults so I would want everything done. However when my mother was dying we made it clear to everyone that she wasn't going to die with a tube down her throat. Doctors and nurses have to be careful. When my mother was initially hospitalized I felt a lot of pressure to create a DNR order for her and I resisted. Eventually a doctor explained to me that when you revive someone with CPR they often have significant brain damage from blood loss to the brain. Think Joan Rivers. Once I understood that I entered the DNR but I really, really resented the pressure. [/quote]
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